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Conceptualizing Intimate Violence and Gender Equality: A Comparative Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Part I discusses the treatment of domestic violence as a human rights issue under international law, focusing on the shift in the conceptualization of violence against women from a private matter to a human rights issue.
Vojdik, Valorie K.
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Microbial Odorant Detection Guides Drosophila Parasitoids Seeking Hosts in Fermenting Fruits

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Yeast microbes in fermenting fruits attract both host flies and their parasitoid wasps. Female Leptopilina boulardi detect yeast‐emitted ethyl esters via two olfactory receptors, LbouOR167 and LbouOR136. A conserved residue, Leu159, is critical for binding these compounds, enabling female wasps to locate host‐rich habitats.
Yueqi Lu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Global Crime Against Women: Sex Trafficking and Its Consequences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Sex trafficking, a form of gender-based violence in which a specific gender is the target of violence due to the imbalance of power, is a common present-day global crime (Murturi 2006:83). Women are most often victims of this specific crime, (Muturi 2006:
Ferreira, Breezy
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Gendering the Arab Spring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The article discusses the gendered implications of recent political developments in the region. It argues that women and gender are key to both revolutionary and counter- revolutionary processes and developments and not marginal to them.
Al-Ali, Nadje
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Paternal Caffeine Exposure Programs Offspring Stress Vulnerability via Sperm Dlk1‐Dio3 Imprinting‐Directed Remodeling of a Novel Neural Circuit

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
The study elucidates that paternal preconception stress can drive offspring hyperresponsivity of the stress system via hypomethylation of a specific DNA region in sperm. This key link is confirmed in a cohort of prospective fathers: the epigenetic alteration is associated with elevated stress hormone levels.
Mengxi Lu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tackling Gender-Based Violence

open access: yesغالب
The study discusses the issue of gendered violence against men and whether laws and legislation equally protect them. It focuses on the findings of research conducted in Bityi, outside Mthatha, which aimed to improve social work interventions in dealing
لووُ کاسا
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors and facilitators of gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid review

open access: yesJournal of Global Health Reports, 2019
# Background An understanding of factors associated with gender-based violence is essential for developing evidence-based interventions that are necessary for the prevention of violence against women.
Ifeyinwa C Akamike   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sociodemographic, criminal and forensic characteristics of a sample of female children and adolescents murdered in Brazil. 2010-2016

open access: yesRevista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2019
Introduction: In Brazil, violence, regardless of the type, is the leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults. Objective: To describe the characteristics of the homicides in which female children and adolescents were the victims based on the
Angelita Machado-Rios   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reading between the lines : is news media in Fiji supporting or challenging gender stereotypes? : a frame analysis of local news media coverage of violence against women during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign of 2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Violence against women is recognised as a global public health issue and an obstacle to development, as ending it is inextricably linked with achieving gender equality.
Van Baaren, Ellie
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A Dual‐Channel Synergistic Ultrasensitive Biosensor for Tumor Liquid Biopsy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Liquid biopsy technology, which detects circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in cerebrospinal fluid, plays a crucial role in the early diagnosis and precision treatment of gliomas. However, the intrinsically low abundance and rapid clearance of ctDNA pose substantial challenges for conventional analytical techniques, such as droplet digital PCR and ...
Yu Sun   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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